86 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



end of which time the eye will brighten up, and the ordi- 

 nary observer may think that the eye is completely cured. 

 The j)us is entirely absorbed, scarcely leaving any traces 

 behind, except a degree of dimness. In one, two, or three 

 months, and not by the regularity of the moon's changes, 

 as horsemen suppose, the disease reappears, having the 

 same symptoms and characteristics as in the first attack, 

 only a greater deposit of pus will be left at each subsequent 

 attack. One attack succeeds another until the whole pupil 

 is filled wdth matter, constituting cataract, thus completely 

 destroying the eyesight. This disease is usually at first 

 confined to one eye, but in some cases both are affected, one 

 usually more severely than the other. 



Treatment. This disease is deemed incurable, which fsct 

 has often induced the owner of an animal thus affected to 

 sell him, being well aware that the disease will at no distant 

 day return, and leave upon his hands a blind horse. An 

 application of cold water and the tincture of opium should 

 be used to allay pain and irritation ; cold water, one ounce ; 

 tincture of opium, two drachms ; to be applied by means 

 of a camel's hair pencil. 



Observe. When one eye of a horse is affected with this 

 disease, the other Avill also ultimately become affected. To 

 prevent this, it has been advised, as is done in man, to have 

 the diseased eye entirely extirpated. In horses, I would 

 rather puncture the cornea with a lancet, and allow the 

 watery humor to escape, thus permitting the diseased eye 

 to sink in the head. This being done successfully, the 

 remaining eye will not only retain, but will increase in 

 lustre and brightness. 



False Quarter. — (See Foot Diseases.) 



Farcy. — The reader will be not a little surprised at the 



